Survival, regeneration and functional recovery of motoneurons after delayed reimplantation of avulsed spinal root in adult rat

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-99

  Gu, Huai Yu ^a   Chai, Hong ^a   Zhang, Jian Yi ^a   Yao, Zhi Bin ^b   Zhou, Li Hua ^b   Wong, Wai Man ^a   Bruce, Iain C ^a   Wu, Wu Tian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adult rat; Functional recovery; Regeneration; Reinnervation; Root avulsion; Spinal motoneurons; Ventral root reimplantation

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; SILVER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOREFOOT; GROOMING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REIMPLANTATION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; STAINING; VENTRAL ROOT; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 13444261158     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2004.10.019     Document Type: Article

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